Roll-paper holder and cutter



(No Model.)

` 2'She'ets-Sheet 1.* B. B. WESTON. ROLL PABER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 506,451.V Patented 001;. 10,1893.

Patented'Oct. v10, 1893.

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ROLL-PAPER HLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,451, dated October 10, 1893. Application led April 8, 177893.. Serial No. 469,523. (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. WESTON, a citizen Of the United States, residingat Dayton, in the count-y of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a certain novel formed with a journal bearing ct, a, for thel spindle b of the roll of paper B. Each of these method of constructing` the upper cross bars of each holder, whereby the paper holders of every size may be readily and easily arranged in pyramids by the j obbers or manufacturers, to suit the convenience of customers, without the necessity of drilling` Openings in the cross bars and without any additional expense or trouble.

It has long been customary to arrange the roll paper holders and cutters in pyramids for convenience of users;` the smaller sizes being placed on top of the larger, and secured thereto by nuts and bolts or in various lother ways. The number of sizes of these paper holders demanded by different users varies with the necessities and requirements of each particular business; some have use for a six inch, nine inch, and twelve inch roll; others, an eight, ten, and fourteen inch roll; others a six, twelve and fifteen; still others need two or more rolls of the hsanne size, with single rolls of smaller size, and so on indefinitely. All sorts of combinations of holders are therefore required by the trade to meet the various demands.

Heretofore with simple cross bars to support the standards for the rolls the manufacturer has been obliged to ll each order for the various combinations separately, or the jobber has had to go to the expense of drilling suitable openings in the cross bars to arrange the holdersin pyramids of such sizes as might loe demanded.

y It is to do away with this expense and trouble, that my invention is directed, and the novel features consists primarily in the formation of the cross bars which connect the standards with end circular Openings and intermediate slots of such length that when the cross bars are arranged in pyramidal position the circular openings of each bar will registcriwith some portion of the slots of each succeeding bar oflarger size andincertain other features which will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out and claimed.

In the drawingsz-Figi1re lis a perspective view of four holders and cutters of my construction, arranged in a pyramid. Fig. 2, is,

a diagrammatic View of the cross bars for the standards, showing the registration of theJ slots and bolt openings.

A, A, are the standards for the rolls, each standards is formed with a toe or projection c, c, at top and bottom, extending out at right angles to the standards and slotted at d.

C, C, are the cross bars formed with a circular opening e, e, Fig. 2 at each end and with intermediate slots f, f, and the cross bars are secured to the standards by the bolts and nuts g; the top cross bar of each pair of standards being secured through the circular openings at the end and the lower intermediate cross bars through the slots f, f. The outside or end openings in each cross bar are circular, as the outside or end' standards are always secured to their uppermost cross bar by bolts passing throughthese outside or end openings, and circular openings are therefore sufficient, end lslots being Without function. -While the openings between `the end Openings are slots of such length that when thecross bars are laid on each other in pyramidal position as shown in Fig. 2, the circular end openings of each bar will register with a slotted opening in each bar of larger size. With this contruction of cross bars, it is possible to arrange in pyramids holders of any desired sizewithout any further preparation or labor. Of course a single long slot might be formed in each cross bar, but with the larger sizes of rolls, this 'long slot would so weaken the cross bar, that such construction would not always be desirable. I therefore prefer to form a series of short slots in each bar, as shown. For the base for the pyramid ofholders, I provide the feet D, D, formed with arecess to receive the toes or projections c, of the standards, ofthe lower holder. When two or more rolls are desired at the bottom of the pyramid, I provide an intermediate foot E formed with `a circular recess to receive the projectionson the lower end of the intermediate standards, while these feet are connected together `and braced by the bar F, secured thereto preferably by the same bolts that secure the projections c, to the feet. The cutting knives G, G, reston top ofthe rolls, being guided in the slots h, 7L, in the standards and follow the roll as it decreases in size in the usual Way.

It will be seen that with my construction of holder, the manufacturer can furnish the jobber with the different parts ofthe holders for all the various sizes of rolls and that with this construction of cross bars, it will be no longer necessary for either the jobber or manufacturer to specially arrange cach pyramid to till an order. The holders can be put together and arranged in pyramids to snit requirements by the users themselves, without any trouble or expense whatsoever.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,\and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a series of roll paper holders and cutters, the combination, with a series of upright standards for the rolls, of a series of cross bars to connect and brace said standards together, and end circular openings with intermediate slots in said bars,said intermediate slots being of such length that the end circular openings of each bar will register with some portion of the slots in each succeeding bar of larger size when the bars are arranged in pyramidal position, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a series of roll paper holders andeutters, the combination, with a series o1" upright standards for the rolls and lips or projections on each end thereot`,ot a series of cross bars, and end circular openings with intermediate slots in said bars, said intermediate slots being of such length that the end circular openings of each bar will register with some portion of the slots in each succeedingibar of larger size, when the bars are arranged in pyramidal position, and bolts engaging Within said slots and circular openings to secure said bars to the standards in such pyramids as may be desired, substantially as shown and described,

EDWARD B. WESTON.

Vitnesses:

J oHN II. STOPPLEMAN, Jr., FRANK J. BREENE. 

